UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE, UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE,

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ETD INITIATIVE OF THE ETD INITIATIVE OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE, UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE,

SOUTH AFRICA :A ROADMAP SOUTH AFRICA :A ROADMAP

Matshayap.Bib@mail.uovs.ac.za Matshayap.Bib@mail.uovs.ac.za

PATEKA MATSHAYA

ETD 6

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SYMPOSIUM

21

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MAY 2003

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Introduction Introduction

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Academic Libraries

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Theses and dissertations in the past

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Databases International : UMI ASLIB, UCTD ,NAVTECH , PROQUEST

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Limitation :List physical descriptions no

access to CONTENT

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ETD Benefits ETD Benefits

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ACCESS TO FULLTEXT

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SPACE SAVING

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WIDER DISTRIBUTION OF KNOWLEDGE

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SAVE BINDING AND PRINTING COSTS

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PROMOTE COLLABORATION

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E- PUBLSIHING EXPOSURE

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ETD PROJECT : SOUTH AFRICAN ETD PROJECT : SOUTH AFRICAN

UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITIES

 RHODES UNIVERSITY 1998

 VISIT BY EDWARD FOX : SEALS

 SEALS MELLON FOUNDATION

 CURRENT PROGRESS : GAELIC

UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

RANDS AFRIKAANS UNIVERITY

UNISA

WITWATERSRAND

 SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTIONS : ETD CONCEPT

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Background : UNIVERSITY OF THE Background : UNIVERSITY OF THE

FREE STATE FREE STATE

 OLDEST AFRIKAANS UNIVERSITY 1904

 MISSION : Equitable innovative university

 18 000 STUDENT POPULATION

 3000 SENIOR GRADUATES PER YEAR

 PARALLEL MEDIUM TEACHING

 LEADING RESEARCH UNIVERSITY

 E-DEGREE PROGRAMMES 2000

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UFS ETD APPROACH UFS ETD APPROACH

 POLICY

 PILOT PROJECT (17 )

 ETD-Database

 STEERING COMMITTEE

 MARKETING

 FACULTY OPINIONS

 E-PUBLISHING IMPLICATIONS

 FULL TEXT VS ABSTRACT AVAILABILITY

 COPYRIGHT

 QUALITY ASSURANCE

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FREE STATE UNIVERSITY : ETD MODEL FREE STATE UNIVERSITY : ETD MODEL

 CURRENT SCENARIO

 Virtual Library

 ETD HOSTING : LIBRARY

 MEDIUM AND LONG TERM

 NEW STUDENT CENTRE

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LIBRARY ROLE: ETD PROJECT LIBRARY ROLE: ETD PROJECT

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NDLTD CATALOGUE MAINTANANCE

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LINKS ON THE CATALOGUE

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INSERT KEYWORD SEARCH TERMS

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TRAINING

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LESSONS LEARNT LESSONS LEARNT

 VIRGINIA SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

 TRAINING SOFTWARE

 COPYRIGHT CLARITY

 PROBLEMS

 Files with Mathematical Data Graphs

 T/D’s saved with separate files

 Stiffy diskettes were empty others with drafts

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CONCLUSION CONCLUSION

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T/D’S ARE ON A HIGH DEMAND

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ETD WILL ALLEVIATE WORK PRESSURE

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NATIONAL APPROACH TO THE PROJECT

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DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERTISE

AND NATIONAL CENTRES

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